Make your tree PEST RESISTANT by improving it's health. The guest on the show today is entomologist Thomas M. Dykstra, Ph.D. of Dykstra Laboratories in Gainesville, Florida. He says insect pests can't attack healthy trees.
Welcome to the award-winning podcast hosted by Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care training website OrchardPeople.com, where we explore the best practices for growing fruit trees in any space!
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
01:18 Why Pests attack fruit trees
02:58 Why pest digestive systems matter
04:58 Aphid digestive systems and fruit trees
07:09 Why aphids aren't primarily looking to eat sugars from the plant
08:00 Sucking insects and fruit trees
09:38 Chewing insects and fruit trees
10:41 Brix levels and pest resistant fruit trees
11:29 Mesuring brix or sugar levels to evaluate the health of a plant
14:07 Ideal brix level for a healthy and pest resistant plant
15:23 How do you know if your fruit tree is high Brix and pest resistant?
18:33 Buying a refractometer
21:13 Brix levels and plant health
25:53 Website for more information about Thomas
29:51 Japanese beetles and brix leaf testing
32:29 Brix levels, fruit sweetness and tree health
35:30 Biennial bearing fruit trees
36:01 Why thinning the fruit improves fruit quality and sweetness
37:08 Slugs and snails and brix levels
38:49 How quickly can brix levels change in fruit tree leaves
44:31 Advice for controlling cedar apple rust
46:59 High brix trees and pest resistance
48:42 How to increase brix of fruit trees and increase pest resistance
52:35 How pesticides affect brix levels in fruit tree leaves
Growing Pest Resistant Fruit Trees with Thomas Dykstra, Ph.D.
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